Critical play : radical game design /
Mary Flanagan.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009.
- vii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index.
Introduction to critical play -- Playing house -- Board games -- Language games -- Performative games and objects -- Artists' locative games -- Critical computer games -- Designing for critical play.
Mary Flanagan examines alternative games--games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry--and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.--Publisher's description.